Stroudsburg man arrested on child porn charges

Christopher Adams, 37, of Stroudsburg, was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with the dissemination and possession of child pornography.

Christopher Adams, 37, of Stroudsburg, was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with the dissemination and possession of child pornography.

In January, Detective Brian Webbe of the Monroe County Office of the District Attorney began an investigation into Adams' online activity after a computer at his home was discovered sharing child pornography on the Internet.

Detective Webbe is a member of the Pennsylvania Internet Crime Against Children Task Force, which is a collaborative effort between federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies directing their efforts towards preventing, investigating, and prosecuting the exploitation of children on the Internet.

Detectives from the Monroe County Office of the District Attorney and Officers from the Stroud Area Regional Police Department executed a search warrant on Adams' home, seizing a laptop computer containing child pornography and other evidence. Adams subsequently admitted to having downloaded child pornography from the Internet, and then deleting the files in an attempt to avoid detection by authorities.

Adams was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Kristina Anzini of Stroudsburg, and placed in the Monroe County Correctional Facility in lieu of $50,000 bail.